Why are you so pissed off?" he asked, sounding genuinely surprised. Sometimes I wondered if Dex actually had any recollection of 90% of the conversations he was involved with.

“You’re like a ghost magnet. Why do you think I like having you around?”My mouth…”

“That's the trouble with pain, Ellie. If you're lucky, you can wear it for all t…”

“Who was that?" he whispered."Who?" I asked, playing dumb."That Ellie Watt. I kn…”

“Do you think because you can't see my scars that they don't exist?”